Colin W. Guthrie

Post-Production Engineer · Re-Recording Mixer · Editor · Production Sound Mixer

Twenty years bridging audio post-production and film/video editorial under one roof—re-recording mixing in Dolby Atmos, cutting picture for features, commercials, and documentaries, and engineering the workflows and systems that tie it all together. Currently at Apple. More than a decade with Francis Ford Coppola at American Zoetrope, most recently consulting on Megalopolis.

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Experience

Experience

Two decades across audio post-production, film/video/commercial editorial, and the workflows and systems that enable both.

Apple — Marketing Communications Engineering
Senior Post-Production Engineer · Cupertino, CA
Immersive audio workflows (Dolby Atmos, ASAF, Apple Vision Pro), editorial engineering, Dante networking, automation, and post-production infrastructure for Apple’s Marcom group.
2019 – Present
Simplemente — Estudios Churubusco
Assistant Director / Post-Production Engineer · Mexico City & San Francisco
AD and post engineering on Latin America’s first large-scale LED virtual production volume. Assistant Director for NYU Tisch’s virtual production program, training graduate candidates in ICVFX filmmaking on an LED volume stage.
2019 – Present
FCPWORKS
Post-Production Engineer & Workflow Consultant · San Francisco, CA
Post-production consulting, workflow design, and editorial engineering for clients including Apple, Epic Games, and Blackmagic Design. Contribute to editing software integration tools and best-practice workflows.
2019 – Present
American Zoetrope (Francis Ford Coppola)
Head Engineer / Sound & Picture Editor · San Francisco & Rutherford, CA
Led post-production on Apocalypse Now: Final Cut, Somewhere, Tetro, Twixt, and others. Designed and installed Dolby Atmos and Meyer Sound systems for Zoetrope’s theatrical mixing stage. Consulted on Pro Tools systems and pipeline for Coppola’s All Movie Hotel post-production facility in Peachtree City, GA, where Megalopolis was finished.
2008 – 2019
Apple — Final Cut Pro X
QC Editor · Cupertino, CA
Internal quality control editor across three testing rounds, working directly with the Pro Applications Integration Team.
2010 – 2015
ZAP — Zoetrope Aubry Productions
Post-Production Generalist / Head Engineer · San Francisco, CA
HD workflows for archival features (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, Bram Stoker’s Dracula). Operated Zoetrope’s 5-suite “DVD Lab” post facility.
2004 – 2008
Meet Me at the Corner
Director of Technology / Picture Editor · New York & Colorado Springs
Edited, shot, and built the production-to-delivery pipeline for 80+ educational video podcasts for children ages 7–13.
2007 – 2011
Selected Credits

Filmography

Feature films and branded content. Full filmography on IMDb →

Apocalypse Now: Final Cut
dir. Francis Coppola
Head Post-Production Engineer, Asst. Re-Recording Mixer, Special Feature Producer/Director
Love Is Love Is Love
dir. Eleanor Coppola
Production Sound Mixer, Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Effects Editor
Mainstream
dir. Gia Coppola
Sound Mix Supervisor, Mix Engineer, Music Recordist
The Cotton Club Encore
dir. Francis Coppola
Sound Mix Supervisor, Mix Engineer, Archival Transfers
Paris Can Wait
dir. Eleanor Coppola
Mix Supervisor, Mix Engineer, ADR Recordist
Somewhere
dir. Sofia Coppola
Sound Mix Supervisor, Lead Mix Engineer
Tetro
dir. Francis Coppola, ed. Walter Murch
Sound Mix Supervisor, Mix Engineer
Twixt
dir. Francis Coppola
Production Sound Mixer, Post Coordinator, Picture & Sound Editing
Grand Street
dir. Lex Sidon
Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Supervisor, Music & Effects Editor
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
dir. Roman Coppola
Asst. Re-Recording Mixer, Asst. Sound Supervisor, Music Editor
Star Wars Battlefront
EA / Lucasfilm
Assistant Editor
Imagine the Possibilities
Barbie / Mattel
Assistant Editor
Expertise

Technical proficiencies

Immersive audio, editorial, virtual production, and systems engineering.

Immersive & Spatial
Dolby Atmos Apple Spatial Audio (ASAF/APAC) Apple Vision Pro Theatrical Mixing Object-Based Audio Ambisonics 3D Audio / Binaural Multi-Format Delivery
Sound & Mix
Pro Tools Re-Recording Mixing Production Sound Sound Design ADR Foley Sound FX Live Sound S6 Consoles Allen & Heath Consoles iZotope RX Mastering Loudness Standards (ATSC A/85, EBU R128)
Editorial
Premiere Pro Final Cut Pro Avid Media Composer DaVinci Resolve After Effects Offline/Online Conform Media Management IMF DCP Authoring ProRes / DNxHR / H.265
Virtual Production
Assistant Directing In-Camera VFX (ICVFX) LED Volume (270° AOTO/Brompton) Mo-Sys Camera Tracking Unreal Engine Previsualization On-Set VP Supervision & Training
Engineering & Pipeline
Workflow Design & Orchestration Pipeline Architecture Python / Bash / Git Frame.io Soundminer (Metadata Architecture) Encoding & QC Audio Description (AD) & Accessibility QC Compliance & Delivery Standards Cross-Functional Coordination
Systems & Networking
SAN / NAS (FC, 10GbE+) Dante / IP Networks macOS Administration Windows & Linux Jamf Active Directory / LDAP VPN & Remote Access Cloud (AWS, GCP) Meyer Sound Calibration & Test Equipment
Credentials

Industry certifications

Industry credentials in audio networking, sound system design, and device management.

Dante Mastery Certification (Audinate)
4-day intensive at Audinate HQ, Portland, OR. Enterprise-scale Layer 3 network configuration, Dante Domain Manager, real-world switch scenarios. Audinate’s highest hands-on credential.
Meyer Sound System Design & Integration
MAPP 3D prediction, FFT-based measurement and optimization, Galileo GALAXY platform, multi-zone system calibration. AVIXA CTS RU eligible.
Jamf Certified Tech (Jamf 200)
Jamf Pro administration: device enrollment, app deployment, configuration profiles, scripting fundamentals, and macOS/iOS management.
Education

Background

Film, sound arts, and liberal arts.

Werner Herzog’s Rogue Film School
Selected Filmmaker
Grinnell College
Bachelor of Arts, American Studies — Concentration in Africana Studies
Ex’pression College for Digital Arts
Bachelor of Arts, Sound Arts
Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC)
After Effects II, Video Engineering I & II, Photoshop II
ACM Chicago Arts Program (Associated Colleges of the Midwest)
Arts Program — Chicago, IL
NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Introduction to Film — New York, NY